Prannoy, Kashyap sail into pre-quarters of Taipei Open

Taipei: Indian shuttlers HS Prannoy and Parupalli Kashyap cruised into the men's singles pre-quarterfinals of the Taipei Open with straight game wins over their respective rivals here on Wednesday.

World number nine Prannoy hardly broke a sweat as he took just 26 minutes to dispatch local shuttler Lin Yu-hsien 21-11



21-10 in the opening round of the BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament.

The third seeded Prannoy, who claimed the Malaysia Masters Super 300 title last month, will next take on the winner of the first round men's singles match between Chen Chi Ting and Tommy Sugiarto.